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Byron C. Jaeger
I am an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and work in the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
My research focuses on blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and machine learning.
Education
PhD, Biostatistics
Gilling’s School of Global Public Health
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2017 - 2012
- Thesis: Extending R-squared to the Generalized Linear Mixed Model
- Honors: Recipient of ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award
BS, Mathematics
Furman University
Greenville, South Carolina
2012 - 2008
- Thesis: Modeling three-dimensional pathways for the Tsunami Bar
- Honors: Recipient of DeLany Medal for Excellence in Mathematics
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama
Present - 2017
- Investigating mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and hypertension
- developing machine learning algorithms to identify who may benefit from initiating antihypertensive medications
Adjunct Professor of Statistics
North Carolina Central University
Durham, North Carolina
2017 - 2016
Undergraduate and graduate instructor in biostatistics and statistical learning
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Gilling’s School of Global Public Health
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2017 - 2014
- Intro to Biostatistics and Longitudinal Data Analysis
- Statistics Tutor, School of Nursing
Graduate Research Assistant
Gilling’s School of Global Public Health
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2017 - 2012
Teaching Experience
BST 680: Introduction to R
University of Alabama at Birmingham
N/A
Present - 2017
- Students develop core competencies in data analysis (import, clean, transform, visualize, and tabulate) using
R. - Course structure promotes interactive lectures and group exercises.
- Final exam: a comprehensive research project using
R markdown.
Publications
When to Impute? Imputation before and during cross-validation
BC Jaeger, NJ Tierney, NR Simon
ArXiv, 2010.00718
N/A
2020
Citations: 0
Underutilization of Treatment for Black Adults With Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension
AT Langford, OP Akinyelure, G Howard, BC Jaeger, …
Hypertension, 120.14836
N/A
2020
- Citations: 0
- DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.14836
Trends in blood pressure control among US adults with hypertension, 1999-2000 to 2017-2018
P Muntner, ST Hardy, LJ Fine, BC Jaeger, …
JAMA, 324 (12), 1190-1200
N/A
2020
- Citations: 4
- DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.14545
Impact metrics (In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric)
The Use of Statistical Learning in Pediatric Research
BC Jaeger
Journal of Pediatrics, epub
N/A
2020
- Citations: 0
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.04.005
Using Predicted Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk for Discrimination of Awake or Nocturnal Hypertension.
S Sakhuja, JN Booth III, DE Anstey, BC Jaeger, …
American Journal of Hypertension, epub
N/A
2020
- Citations: 1
- DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa099
Factors associated with breast cancer screening behaviors in a sample of Jamaican women in 2013
N Balas, H Yun, BC Jaeger, M Aung, PE Jolly
Women & Health, 8-Jan
N/A
2020
- Citations: 0
- DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2020.1789260
Deep neural network analyses of spirometry for structural phenotyping of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
S Bodduluri, A Nakhmani, JM Reinhardt, BC Jaeger, …
JCI insight, 5(13)
N/A
2020
- Citations: 0
- DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.132781
Association of Sleep Characteristics With Nocturnal Hypertension and Nondipping Blood Pressure in the CARDIA Study
SJ Thomas, JN Booth, BC Jaeger, D Hubbard, …
Journal of the American Heart Association, 9(7), e015062
N/A
2020
- Citations: 0
- DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015062
Improving Mortality Predictions for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support Using Follow-Up Data and Machine Learning
BC Jaeger, RS Cantor, V Sthanam, R Rudraraju
Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, 13(4), e002877
N/A
2020
- Citations: 0
- DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.119.002877
Morning Blood Pressure Surge and Cardiovascular Disease Events and All-Cause Mortality in Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study
JN Booth, BC Jaeger, L Huang, M Abdalla, …
Hypertension, 75(3), 835-843
N/A
2020
- Citations: 0
- DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.119.14233
Development of Predictive Equations for Nocturnal Hypertension and Nondipping Systolic Blood Pressure
BC Jaeger, JN Booth III, M Butler, LJ Edwards, …
Journal of the American Heart Association, 9 (2), e013696
N/A
2020
- Citations: 2
- DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013696
Wearable Technology To Reduce Sedentary Behavior And CVD Risk In Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial
LM Roberts, BC Jaeger, LC Baptista, SA Harper, …
Clinical Interventions in Aging, Volume 2019:14 Pages 1817-1828
N/A
2019
- Citations: 0
- DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S222655
Oblique Random Survival Forests
BC Jaeger, DL Long, DM Long, M Sims, JM Szychowski, …
Annals of Applied Statistics, 3 (2019), 1847-1883
N/A
2019
- Citations: 1
- DOI: 10.1214/19-AOAS1261
Prediabetes and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by Hypertension Status in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study
D Hubbard, LD Colantonio, AP Carson, S Sakhuja, BC Jaeger, …
Diabetes Care, c191074
N/A
2019
- Citations: 10
- DOI: 10.2337/dc19-1074
Associations of awake and asleep blood pressure and blood pressure dipping with abnormalities of cardiac structure: The CARDIA study
NA Bello, BC Jaeger, JN Booth., M Abdalla, DE Anstey, …
Journal of Hypertension, epub
N/A
2019
- Citations: 2
- DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002221
Prevalence of Activity Limitations and Association with Multimorbidity Among US Adults 50 to 64 Years Old
CB Bowling, L Deng, S Sakhuja, MC Morey, BC Jaeger, P Muntner
Journal of general internal medicine, pages 1-7
N/A
2019
- Citations: 3
- DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05244-8
Association of Daytime and Nighttime Blood Pressure With Cardiovascular Disease Events Among African American Individuals
Y Yano, RM Tanner, S Sakhuja, BC Jaeger, …
JAMA cardiology, 4 (9), 910-917
N/A
2019
- Citations: 8
- DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.2845
Association of Region and Hospital and Patient Characteristics with Use of High-Intensity Statins after Myocardial Infarction among Medicare Beneficiaries
V Bittner, LD Colantonio, Y Dai, M Woodward, BC Jaeger, …
JAMA Cardiology, 4 (9), 865-872
N/A
2019
- Citations: 6
- DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.2481
Sex Differences in Masked Hypertension: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study
DN Pugliese, JN Booth III, L Deng, DE Anstey, BC Jaeger, …
Journal of Hypertension, epub
N/A
2019
- Citations: 0
- DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002175
Blood-Flow Restriction Resistance Exercise for Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis: a Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial
SA Harper, LM Roberts, AS Layne, BC Jaeger, AK Gardner, …
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (2), 265
N/A
2019
- Citations: 14
- DOI: 10.3390/jcm8020265
Multimodal Intervention to Improve Functional Status in Hypertensive Older Adults: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
LC Baptista, BC Jaeger, SD Anton, AA Bavry, EM Handberg, …
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (2), 196
N/A
2019
- Citations: 4
- DOI: 10.3390/jcm8020196
Race and Sex Differences in Asleep Blood Pressure: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
JN Booth, DE Anstey, NA Bello, BC Jaeger, DN Pugliese, …
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 21 (2), 184-192
N/A
2019
- Citations: 7
- DOI: 10.1111/jch.13474
An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model
BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, MJ Gurka
Journal of Applied Statistics, 46 (1), 164-184
N/A
2019
- Citations: 2
- DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2018.1466869
ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award
Out-of-Clinic Sympathetic Activity is Increased in Patients with Masked Uncontrolled Hypertension
M Siddiqui, EK Judd, BC Jaeger, H Bhatt, T Dudenbostel, B Zhang, …
Hypertension, 73 (1), 132-141
N/A
2019
- Citations: 11
- DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.11818
CVD and Mortality in Adults Aged 60+ Years According to Recommendations by the ACC/AHA and ACP/AAFP
BC Jaeger, DE Anstey, AP Bress, JN Booth III, M Butler, D Clark III, …
Hypertension, 73 (2), 327-334
N/A
2019
- Citations: 4
- DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.12291
Low Agreement Between Modified-Schwartz and CKD-EPI eGFR in Young Adults: a Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Study
M Webster-Clark, BC Jaeger, Y Zhong, G Filler, A Alvarez-Elias, …
BMC Nephrology, 19 (1), 194
N/A
2018
- Citations: 1
- DOI: 10.1186/s12882-018-0995-1
Assessing Responsiveness over Time of the PROMIS Pediatric Symptom and Function Measures in Cancer, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Sickle Cell Disease
BB Reeve, LJ Edwards, BC Jaeger, PS Hinds, C Dampier, DS Gipson, …
Quality of Life Research, 27 (1), 249-257
N/A
2018
- Citations: 21
- DOI: 10.1007/s11136-017-1697-z
An R-squared Statistic for Fixed Effects in the Generalized Linear Mixed Model
BC Jaeger, LJ Edwards, K Das, & PK Sen
Journal of Applied Statistics, 44 (6), 1086-1105
N/A
2017
- Citations: 141
- DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2016.1193725
Responsiveness of PROMIS Pediatric Measures to Hospitalizations for Sickle Pain and Subsequent Recovery
C Dampier, BC Jaeger, HE Gross, V Barry, L Edwards, Y Lui, …
Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 63 (6), 1038-1045
N/A
2016
- Citations: 38
- DOI: 10.1002/pbc.25931
Enumerating Graph Depletions
BC Jaeger & TM Lewis
Online Journal of Analytic Combinatorics, 9, 1-17
N/A
2014
Citations: 0
R Packages
table.glue
Make and Apply Customized Rounding Specifications for Tables
N/A
2020
- GitHub Repository
- Total downloads: 474
obliqueRSF
Oblique random survival forest (ORSFs)
N/A
2020 - 2018
- GitHub Repository
- Total downloads: 10,168
r2glmm
Compute model and semi-partial R-squared for mixed models
N/A
2020 - 2016
- GitHub Repository
- Total downloads: 24,512
- Total citations: 112
Presentations
Novel 24-Hour Blood Pressure Profile in Patients with Resistant Hypertension
BC Jaeger
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 73 (9 Supp. 1), 1818
N/A
2019
Citations: 0
Wearable Technology to Reduce Sedentary Behavior and Cvd Risk in Older Adults: a Pilot Trial
BC Jaeger
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 51 (6), 1004
N/A
2019
Citations: 0
Young Adult Risk Factor Burden and Sleep Hypertension in Middle-Age: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study
BC Jaeger
Circulation, 139 (Supp. 1), AP181
N/A
2019
Citations: 0
Change in Metabolic and Inflammatory Biomarkers after a 24-Week Multimodal Intervention
BC Jaeger
9th International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research, Miami, FL
N/A
2019
Citations: 0
Oblique Random Survival Forests
BC Jaeger
ICSA Applied Statistics Symposium, Raleigh, NC
N/A
2019
Citations: 0
Prolonged Hospital Length Of Stay After Pediatric Heart Transplantation And Its Impact On Outcomes: A PHTS Database Analysis
BC Jaeger
Circulation, A13365
N/A
2019
Citations: 0
Improving mortality predictions for mechanical-circulatory-support-patients using follow-up data and machine learning
BC Jaeger
Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, 13.4 (2020): e002877
N/A
2019
Citations: 0
An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model
BC Jaeger
ENAR Spring Meeting, Atlanta, GA
N/A
2018
Citations: 0
An R-squared Statistic for Covariance Model Selection in the Linear Mixed Model
BC Jaeger
Joint Statistical Meeting, Vancouver
N/A
2018
Citations: 0
Grants submitted
Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality Risk Reduction with Antihypertensive Medication for Adults with White Coat Hypertension and Masked Hypertension
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2020
- Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
- OSP Processing
Implementation and Accuracy Of Blood Pressure Self-Measurement In The Waiting Room
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2020
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Pending, R01HL151609
Kidney Tubule Dysfunction and Future Risk of Acute Kidney Injury
Primary Investigator: Gutierrez, Orlando M.
N/A
2020
- Submitted to VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Pending
Incorporation of a Hypertension Working Group into the Jackson Heart Study
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2020
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Pending, R01HL117323
Decoding Human Movements with Cortical and Subcortical Field Potentials with Directional DBS for Parkinson’s Disease
Primary Investigator: Walker, Harrison
N/A
2020
- Submitted to National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS
- Pending, R01MH125925
Effectiveness of Video Conferencing on Self-measured Blood Pressure Accuracy
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2020
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Pending, R01HL157500
NEAT X: Non-Exercise Activity Tracking & Exercise for Later Life Blood Pressure
Primary Investigator: Buford, Thomas
N/A
2020
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Pending, R61HL156827
Determining True Versus Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study
Primary Investigator: Tanner, Rikki M.D.
N/A
2020
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Not Funded, R01HL151687
Leveraging the 24-Hour Movement Paradigm to Preserve Cognitive Function and Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) 24H-ACT Study
Primary Investigator: Gabriel, Kelley Pettee
N/A
2020
- Submitted to Columbia University
- Pending
Use of Blood Pressure and Predicted Cardiovascular Disease Risk to Guide the Initiation of Antihypertensive Medication
Primary Investigator: Colantonio, Lisandro D
N/A
2020
- Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
- Pending
Predicting Pediatric Transplant Outcomes using Machine Learning - A Collaboration between Physicians and Data Scientists
Primary Investigator: Rudraraju, Ramaraju
N/A
2020
- Submitted to American Heart Association
- Pending
Regenerative Niches in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Discovered by Exosomal Proteomics for Sepsis
Primary Investigator: Jaeger, Byron C.
N/A
2020
- Submitted to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
- Pending
Angiotensin (1-7) Expressing Lactobacillus for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease
Primary Investigator: Buford, Thomas
N/A
2019
- Submitted to National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
- Pending, 1R01AG068912-01
Establishing Medicare Based Estimation for Cardiovascular Disease (EMBED)
Primary Investigator: Jaeger, Byron C.
N/A
2019
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Pending, 1K01HL153624-01
Decoding Human Movements with Cortical and Subcortical Field Potentials with Directional DBS for Parkinson’s Disease
Primary Investigator: Walker, Harrison
N/A
2019
- Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
- Withdrawn
Non-Traditional Blood Pressure Parameters from Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2019
- Submitted to American Heart Association
- Not Funded
Determining True Versus Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study
Primary Investigator: Tanner, Rikki M.D.
N/A
2019
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Active, R56HL151687
Implementation and Accuracy of Blood Pressure Self-measurement in the Waiting Room
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2019
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Not Funded, R01HL151609
Development of a Patient Decision Support Tool for Mechanical Circulatory Support
Primary Investigator: Kirklin, James K
N/A
2019
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Not Funded, R01HL151843
Continuation of the Coordinating Center for the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study
Primary Investigator: Colantonio, Lisandro D
N/A
2019
- Submitted to University of Pennsylvania
- Active, 576894
Home Versus Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring and Falls in Older Adults
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2019
- Submitted to Kaiser Foundation
- Not Funded
Resveratrol and Exercise to Enhance Mitochondrial Function in Older Adults
Primary Investigator: Buford, Thomas
N/A
2019
- Submitted to National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
- Pending, F32AG066276
Automated Clinic Blood Pressure Assessment and Detection of White Coat and Masked Hypertension Study in African Americans
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2019
- Submitted to Columbia University
- Active, 2(GG015903-01)
NRT-HDR Where Health Meets Data: Training Biostatisticians for the World of Big Health Data
Primary Investigator: Cofield, Stacey S
N/A
2019
- Submitted to NSF - National Science Foundation
- Not Funded
Building and InnovatinG: Digital heAlth Technology and Analytics (BIGDATA) - Methodologic Core
Primary Investigator: Redden, David T
N/A
2019
- Submitted to NIH - National Institutes of Health/DHHS
- Pending
Building and Innovating: Digital Health Technology and Analytics (BIG DATA)
Primary Investigator: Curtis, Jeffrey R
N/A
2019
- Submitted to National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS
- OSP Processing, P30AR072583
Home Blood Pressure and Falls Among Older Adults
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2018
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Active, R01HL147601
Automated Clinic Blood Pressure Assessment and Detection of White Coal and Masked Hypertension Study
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2018
- Submitted to Columbia University
- Resubmitted
Improving the Detection of Masked Hypertension: Analysis of Pooled Population-and Community-Based Studies
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2018
- Submitted to Duke University
- Active, A030965
Incorporation of a Hypertension Working Group into the Jackson Heart Study
Primary Investigator: Muntner, Paul M
N/A
2016
- Submitted to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS
- Active, R01HL117323
Noninvasive Biomarkers to Advance Emerging DBS Electrode Technologies in Parkinson’s Disease
Primary Investigator: Walker, Harrison
N/A
2016
- Submitted to National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS
- Active, UH3NS100553
Grants submitted
Hypertension editorial board member
Manuscript review and statistical consultant
N/A
Present - 2019
Manuscripts reviewed: 6
Mayo Clinic statistical consultant
Manuscript review and statistical consultant
N/A
Present - 2018
Manuscripts reviewed: 52
Reviewer
Peer-reviewed journal articles
N/A
Present - 2017
- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
- Hypertension Research
- Journal of human hypertension
- Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
- Biometrics